Elijah beady



PATENTE-MAY 2, 1865.

E. BRADY. SOFA BEDSTEAD.

thereon'. 'v

. The nature of my invention and improve frame.

s UNITED f 1 j specification forming part of Leners man1. 115,411,515,d@ mjy ,S n

Be it known thatfl, vELLIAH BRADY, of*

' city, county, and State .of New1York',l1 avein-` vented anew andusefulImprovementin Sofa- Beds; and I do hereby declare th'nt'the foul-ydrawings, and ztothelettors of referencemarked ment consistsin soforming .the sofathat the bac-k can be let downY and `the snrfaceof theback-cushion brought in aline with the snrface of the seat-cushion, bothforming one plane surface and forming the body of thebed, and byarranging the drawer under the seat of 4 the sofa in such a manner thattheir-ont of the drawer when pushedinfacts as a support to the buck,holding it firmly 1u itsplaoe and .when the back is 'let down, forming abed, and the ,drawer `pulled out, the drawer forms a snpport under thatpart of `the bed formed by the back of the sofa, and also in makingthecush- 4ions-sc thziit they may be removed at liberty.

To enable-those skilled inthe business to make and use my invention andimprovement I will proceed to describe its construction an operation. iy i n Figure 1 represents the sofa-bed when up and used as asofa. Fig. 2represents an inner sectional view of the same when extended as y a bed,

I construct 'my sofa of a stationary framework about six feet long andtwo to three feet wide, (the size' may be varied to-suit .taste orconvenience,) and an adjustable back the same length as thestationary-frame, and itmay be made the seme width as the seatcushonbox, or otherwise. 1 l v 'g The stationary frame'is made of the twoendpieces bb of sniicient height to form the arms of the sofa, thefront'board, a, ofthe cushiom box extending the whole length of thesofa,

and in width from about one or two inches of the top of the seat-cushionto within eight or ten inches of the iioor, The' bottoni of theseat-cushion box la, I make of boards, or may be made of s1ats,' cane,or other suitable ma teriai, extending che length of the sofa, and inwidth from the front of the sofa to within six or eight inches of theback of the stationary At the back of the seatcushionbox is placed anarrow board fastened tothe bottom .ot'th-e` cushion-boxand"'extendingffrem"the:` y

mm;` side' of"4 ascuas menaje-sisma been, n when attached toi the fstationary frame',tl1us i making the station ary-yfreine,"and,Lseatcnshionl bei, attaching ffeletor 1 castersnt the` fourl cor' inches,and a. notch, straightotfitsiower surdown.

` Theadjustable back ,isb made byyxnakingain` 'back-cushionboxsimilargtoftheseatcushion` y y .box of thc endsgg,`the backboajrds,andthe i: l. n l top and bottom' strips ff, VThelend pieces gigi y iextend beyond the baclncu'shioni box` to'sv'ard'` 1" l` thefront of the.sofa when Ithezbaclcis letdown y@ just the distancethatitheendsibbofthefstuy; ltionaryframeextendbackf fromfihe back strip` y f1 yY y 'ofthe seat-cushion box;` j "i 1f attach the adjustablebackto thestation-1` f ary frame by cutting away a `circulan sectionj of y l y theinner sides of the back endhofeach ofthe *j s y ends b b,thethicknessofjtheprojecting ends gli l goftheadjustablehack,nndtting thefront *1" ends of the ends `g g into the' circn1arsectionlof 3 i f 1 y fthe ends b bthuscut away,and"thsteningV them y y together bythe pinsxh@making-a partial rnle-` l joint'at each end of thesofa, by which theback` j l r y is raised up andletdown. y n

The twopins h h, one at each end of the sofa-1,]` I place throughtheendnpiecesfon a iinewith i `the top cloths of the'two cushions when'the n sofa is extended as: a bediend` at `the tangier" y where the twocushionsnieetwhen the `bnck'is y upright as' a sofa, and by 'beingsoplaced the i A raising and lowering y he; hackdoes not tear or L wearthe 'cuskien-cloths.V

The front endof th two end pieces gfgoff" the adjustable hack 'aresqnaredoi' tonean` y theirlwer or back corner,1whichcorners'arelif y yrounded 01T,makingthejointaand when the@` back' is placed" upright theweight of the 'ad-f ,y rjnstzble back rests uponthesesquared endson ythe bottom of the seat-cushionbomand theA back-boardof thebnck-cushionbox also restsv i .A on the front of the drawer,relieviugthe pins of the weight of the adjustablebck.

In each of the end piecesof` the stationary frame on the innersidesandbelow the bottoni, of the seat-cushion box` arecut igroovesmin;` which the slidesm' m on the sides ofthe drawer y y run. Atthe center of the joint of the drawer iis plzced e legto 'stiften thedrawer, and a easter maybe placed en this legt-o facilitate the; openingand shutting the drawe'.`. The' fro't of the drawer extendefrom thetrottoir? of the drawer up to the lowesidef of tire-"bacini.eushion;.boxwhen the. backis up, andacts as asrsupport to hold thebacklight exilfripiy in Vvhe drawer is yandthe two cushions .bein gusedas mattresses,

any. required an gie by the drawer being pulled oiltL the l'reqxireil,ldistance and'theback resting upon the'drawer, as shown by the dotted Thetwo cushions are madeto iit the onshionf-boxes, which may o1:l may notbe of :equal size. The seatcushion atthe uf per-` edgebackfmay be joinedto the back-cuh on atfthefront 'The'eu'shions ere-s :mede anti: arrhgethat theyjmatfbe' easily-removefrom the .boxes f for Yentiltionf'or to:remove dirt or be gs from theeu'shibmboxes or Sedie.A

"Zha'ck I'eltilnxas my inven tion and improve tueur, and-desire tosecure by LetterePatent,

jf-'llie- "olnbuation" and arrangement efea eef-.ti` with the bed anddrawer, substantially as le- Vs.r`,.`be:1,'fe1 the-purposes sy'reeejl.

, gwitnesses l E, A, S. Roumaine` M ARGUS SACKET'L

